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The National Final will be held in Winnipeg Manitoba over the Victoria Day weekend (www.chess-math.org) . The last Provincial championship was held in Quebec last weekend. Jeff Coakley has comipled the following list for the Chess'n Math Association:
PLAYERS WITH THE MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
1989-2013
Includes all players with 4 or more, as of April 2014.
Lefong Hua QC 8
Lloyd Mai ON 8
Tanraj Sohal BC 8 (currently grade 12)
Anthony Castillo QC 7 (in grade 4 when CCC started in 1989)
Haoyuan Wang ON 7
Adam Dorrance NS 7 (currently grade 10)
Shiyam Thivandiran ON 6
Nikita Kraiouchkine QC 6
Christopher Knox ON 6 (currently grade 10)
Andrew Ho BC 5
Pascal Charbonneau QC 4
Janak Awatramani BC 4 (currently grade 9)
Arthur Calugar ON 4
Michael Kleinman ON 4
This list was compiled by Jeff Coakley for the Chess'n Math Association
Christopher Knox ON 6 (currently grade 10)
This list was compiled by Jeff Coakley for the Chess'n Math Association
Larry, FYI Christopher Knox is in grade 11, not grade 10.
As well, I believe that Christopher has won 7 times (grades 1-6 and 8), not 6 times.
Christopher qualified again this year from Ontario - see http://www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub/scr...is.php?no=9515 and scroll down to grade 11, which means that this year he could tie the current record of 8 wins.
Quebec announces their line-up for Winnipeg:
L'équipe du Québec au Défi National à Winnipeg du 18 au 19 mai 2014:
1ère - Richard Zheng
2e - Julia Kuleshova
3e - Qiuyu Huang
4e - Wenxuan Zhong
5e - Allison Tsypin
6e - Run Kun Fan
Sec I - Eddie Yang
Sec II - Yi Lin Li
Sec III - Zong Yang Yu
Sec IV - Nicholas Johnson
Sec V - Zhao Yang Luo
Cégep 1 - Forest Guo
I am wondering what kinds, sources and amounts of support that players in the various provincial delegations receive to attend the national CCC?
Can people please share how things work in their provinces?
Hi Eric,
The National Final costs the host Province somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000. The Chess'n Math Association makes a contribution by providing the arbitre, back office staff, trophies and the Souvenir Program. This is an additional (approximately) $8,000.
At the National level, we have instituted a policy that allows the provinces to budget over a 4-year period. The National Final generally follows the following schedule:
Year 1 - Central Canada (Quebec or Ontario)
Year 2 - Eastern Canada (the 4 provinces east of Quebec)
Year 3 - Central Canada
Year 4 - Western Canada (the 4 provinces west of Ontario)
So provinces who budget over 4 years can save money in the years where transport is inexpensive, in order to help out when it is expensive. I am not sure how many provinces actually do this...human beings do not usually think this way :)
Now to your question: I am wondering what kinds, sources and amounts of support that players in the various provincial delegations receive to attend the national CCC?
In the case of Quebec and Ontario, the Chess'n Math Association pays 100% of the airfare for the Provincial Champions. This money is raised through regionals and Provincials. In some years we have a surplus and in many years we have a deficit which comes out of our funds. Why does Ontario and Quebec have this status? Because we have physical locations in those provinces which generate revenues year after year for our organization....and CMA is responsible for organizing the events at the Regional and Provincial level.
For the other 8 provinces, each province is responsible for their own finances. I know that in the case of New Brunswick, in the past (not sure about this year) with help from the province, 100% of the airfare was paid for. The provinces where fewer dollars are generated...the burden falls on the parents. Most parents who approach their city, school or school board will receive some funding...afterall the youngster is representing their school and province at a National Chess Competition.
I hope this helps,
Sincerely,
Larry Bevand
Executive Director
Chess'n Math Association
Is there any possibility of expanding the size of Canadian Chess Challenge? Saying three players in every grade will represent their province, instead of currently one player each grade...
by doing this, more kids(three times of current one) will receive the honor and responsibility representing their province, which will motivate them go further on chess, as a result, Canada will reap much more strong players later on...current one player each grade may have too many occasionality...
Also, get three same graders in a provincial team will bring more of team work, cooperation...kids will also feel more comfortable in the team especially for those younger kids...it could turn the competition between some top kids to a cooperative competition...
And increase the winners of provincial chess challenge will attract more kids to the qualification for sure...
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